Shown on this page is an extensive list of specific license plates that I'd like to add to my collection.

My want list consists of plates that I know about. It's always possible that there's a plate that I don't know
exists, and therefore is not listed, that fits into some plate category that I collect. If you know of any such
plates, and especially if you have one to trade or sell, feel free to let me know about it.

In any case, I'd rather trade than buy, if possible. Please check out my
trade box to see if I have anything you can use.

It's hard to summarize the categories of plates that I'm looking for, because for any given category that I collect,
I frequently already have many or most of the specific plates in that category. For example, I could tell you that
I'm looking for 1959 passenger car plates, but really there are only a few that I don't yet already have.

But, I'll take a stab at listing general categories of plates where there are many that I'm still wanting.

Church bus plates: These are issued by Arkansas, Indiana, Misssissppi, and
Ohio, and were once issued in Alaska where they were called "Sunday School bus" plates. Also, I'm looking
for "charitable vehicle" or other similar plate types that are mostly used on church buses, issued by a few other
states such as Illinois and New Mexico.

Other church-related license plates pertaining to any Christian church or
denomination, or Christianity in general; including Knights of Columbus organizational member or special interest
plates, various other church-related organizational member plates (common in Maryland) and church-related special
event plates (common in Illinois).

Maryland plates of various types and ages: Especially optional graphics;
organizational member plates; motorcycle plates; unusual types; 1950s and earlier types other than passenger car;
and 1940s and earlier passenger car plates in very good condition or better.

Pennsylvania plates of various types and ages: Especially optional
graphics; organizational member plates; unusual types; 1930s and earlier types other than passenger car; and 1940s
and earlier passenger car plates in very good condition or better.

Illinois passenger car plates for many years 1911 to 1927, preferably in very good
condition or better, and upgrades for many years 1916 to 1964, which must be in at least very good condition.

Plates bearing my first name, initials, or ALPCA member number: Any vanity
plate from anywhere with the words RICK, RIX, or ARKAY on it (with or without other letters or numbers); or any
plate from anywhere with the number 9652, with or without letters. A plate that I don't
already have with only the letters RK, with or without numbers. A plate
with either plate number RK 9652 or 9652 RK would be perfect!

1977 U.S. non-passenger plates where the year "1977" or "77" is stamped on the
plate, and there are no renewal stickers for other years affixed to the plate. Most states needed.

Real license plates related to dentistry or oral health. Can be special
interest plates, vanity plates, professional plates issued specifically to dentists, etc. Most states
needed.

Alabama

Former Prisoner of War plate (POW serial prefix) with God Bless America legend.
Specifically I'm looking for the black-on-white version with an American flag in the upper corner, any version
with a handicapped wheelchair symbol, and any other versions that may exist besides the standard red-on-white
with a gold legend.

Alaska

Graphic plate with In God We Trust legend.

Graphic standing bear passenger car plate with a 1977 sticker, in condition better than this one.

Non-passenger plate with "S" or "SS" serial prefix (issued to Sunday School buses circa 1962-1975); any year
besides 1968 and this undated 1970s plate.

Exempt plates, navy-on-yellow in color; serial format is YYx 000 with or without
the space. I'm specifically looking for the versions without the serial space separator, or without the
Exempt legend, or both; any year, circa early 1980s to present. I prefer rear
plates with expiraiton stickers.

D.C.-issued Clergy plate, any year or base other than the script
A Capital City base.
See example.(La Camera photo / plate)

Florida

1975 passenger car base with a 1977 expiration sticker, in better condition than
this one.

Any exempt non-profit plate; these have an "X" or "68X" serial prefix or an "X" suffix.

Optional-design graphic plate with the legend In God We Trust screened on the left
side of the plate, and an image of U.S. and state flags along the bottom of the plate, bearing an expiration
sticker that doesn't say Trailer.
See example.(Harris plate)

Georgia

Any plate from Bacon County, with the word "Bacon" at the bottom of the plate.

Idaho

Idaho Territory Sequicentennial 1863-2013 graphic plate.

Illinois

Years that are underlined and/or clickable are those for which I already have a plate, but want to
find one in better condition. Clicking the year will show you the one I've already got, so you can judge
whether yours is better than mine or not. If the year is underlined but not clickable, I don't have a photo
available of the plate in my collection.

For passenger car plates from 1979 forward, I only want rear plates with a single (natural)
expiration sticker.

Passenger car plates: (These had all-numeric plate numbers from 1911 to 1960, except for 1914 and 1915,
when the plate numbers could be all-numeric or have a letter followed by numbers.)

Kentucky

Louisiana

Passenger car plate with embossed years 1974-1975 and a 1977 sticker.

Graphic plate showing U.S. and state flags and the legend In God We Trust.

Maryland

Plates described below that are underlined and/or clickable are those for which I already have a
plate, but want to find one in better condition. Clicking the link will show you the one I've already got,
so you can judge whether yours is better than mine or not. If the plate decription is underlined but not
clickable, I don't have a photo available of the plate in my collection. Plates whose descriptions are
enclosed in parentheses are a lower priority for me, as are upgrades to plates I already have.

Most any non-passenger plate that expired in 1953 or earlier. These may have a letter or letters in the plate
number, or a legend indicating the plate type. In some cases, they may just have low serial numbers (below
30-000) or high serial numbers (800-000 and higher).
See example.See another example.

Most any state-issued government official or political office plate. These sometimes have a large state shield
on the plate.

Any sample plate. These usually had actual plate number 00-000 during these years; 1952-53 samples might have
plate number 30-000.

Non-passenger plate types with the plate type not stamped on the plate: (These have plate numbers consisting of
four numbers followed by two letters.) All suffix letters needed.
See example.(Casadonte plate)

Non-passenger plate types with the plate type indicated on the plate: Any 1954-1956 upgrades to this
Finance Company and this
School Charter. Any other
such type.

Any 1954-1956 plate with a large embossed star.

Most any state-issued government official or political office plate. These usually have a large, round,
full-color state shield on the left side of the plate.

Any sample plate. These usually had actual plate number AA-00-00 or AB-00-00 during these years.

Most any motorcycle plate.

Maryland plates dated 1957 to 1964

A plate with an amateur radio operator call sign as the plate number, with a 4-30 expiration date. Typically,
these begin with "W3".

1959 expiration organizational member plates with non-standard plate number formats, with prefixes such as DAV or
VFW.

Non-passenger plate types with the plate type not stamped on the plate: (These have plate numbers consisting of
four numbers followed by two letters.) Any FD, (Gx), and (HE or HF) suffixes. An upgrade to this
AE suffix. Any 1957, 1958, or 1960-1964 upgrade to this
Ex suffix.

Most any state-issued government official or political office plate. These usually have a large, round,
full-color state shield on the left side of the plate.

Any sample plate. These usually had actual plate number AA-0000 or AA 0000 during these years.

Most any motorcycle plate, excluding a 1968 regular motorcycle.

Maryland plates dated 1971, with or without stickers 1972 to 1975

Passenger car plates with plate numbers "FL 2565" or "FL 2566". A long shot, I know.

A plate with an amateur radio operator call sign as the plate number. Typically, these begin with
"W3".

Non-passenger plate types with the plate type not stamped on the plate: (These have plate numbers consisting of
four numbers followed by two letters.) Suffix letters BA, CA, Ex, FD, or FR.
Upgrades to these with BM and PB
suffixes.

Passenger car plate with plate number AVV 777. (That is, letters A-Vee-Vee, not A-Double-U.) Another
long shot, yes, but I once saw these plates in a junkyard in Beltsville, Md., so some collector may have rescued
them and brought them into the hobby.

Organizational member plates with plate number prefix letters DAV, VFW, etc., where the letters are very narrow
relative to the numbers.

Non-passenger plates without identifying legends:
(handicapped plates with plate number formats other than 0000 or 000 x); vanity in better condition than
this one.

All-embossed, painted black-on-white plate with serial format 00000, with a white-on-red
year sticker dated 1988 through 1993, and either with no plate type legend in better condition than
this one, or with a Trailer legend
in better condition than this one.

350th Anniversary plate with no evidence of month or year stickers ever
affixed. These have plate number format 000*xxx.

Natural January 1989 expiration (no year stickers under the 1989; first letter in the plate number should be
a "V").

2008 expiration where the second and third characters in the plate number are the letters "CN"; for example,
1CN*A23. See example.(plate in actual use)

Various organizational member plates, military service plates, special event plates, or other optional plates; these
usually have a logo or other graphic on the left side of the plate, and/or an identifying legend at the bottom of
the plate. See example.See another example.

Vanity plate with the state web site legend, or the legends Historic or
Street Rod at the bottom.

Various non-passenger plate types with any of the following legends:
Finance, Low Speed Vehicle, Recycler, School Charter, Tow Truck, Trailer Dealer.
Dealer plate in better condition than
this one. Special Mobile Equipment in
better condition than this one. Farm
plates with number format 000*00F/T in better condition than
this one, or with number format
000*00T/R.
Historic plate with number format Z00*000, preferably
with appropriate sticker(s).
School Vehicle and sequentially-numbered Street Rod plates
with appropriate month and year stickers.

Various non-passenger plate types with no identifying plate type legend, with the following plate number
formats: 000*00C, I00*000, 00000LM, 000*00P, S/G*00000, or
00000TT. No legend or state web site legend are both acceptable. Format
000*0TT with appropriate month and year stickers.

Various non-passenger plate types with the state web site legend, with the following plate number
formats: E00000D, 000*00F, 000*00J, 000*00K, L/G*00000, *00000L/G, 00000TL,
*00000S/G, or 000000X. 2008 expiration with plate number in the range
890M000 to 909M999 only. See example.(plate in actual use)

Non-passenger plates with plate numbers in formats 000000G, 00000TL, or
000000X with a red or pink sticker bearing the word "April" in better condition than
this one.

Apportioned plates: Any with plate number formats 000*F00,
000*G00, 000*P00, and 000*T/E00. Format
000*E/D00 in better condition than
this one. Format 000*E00 with
appropriate month and year stickers.

Most any state-issued government official or political office plate. These usually have a large, round,
full-color state shield on the left side of the plate.

Full-sized sample plates: Samples with plate numbers NAA*000 and NAA*001 made of metal. Samples with
350th Anniversary or the state web site legend at the bottom of the plate. Most
any organizational member sample plate.

Documents from the Maryland DMV or MVA showing various types of plates issued in a given year, or providing other
information useful to a license plate historian.

Massachusetts

Undated passenger car plate with a natural 1977 expiration sticker in better condition than
this one.

Michigan

1957 Boy Scout Jamboree, Valley Forge special event plate.

Eagle Scout special interest plate.

Non-passenger red, white, and blue 1976 base plate, with a small "Y" in the serial number and either
Nonprofit or School Bus text at the bottom, or with "Y"
inside a diamond regardless of any text at the bottom.

Non-passenger plate with a small "Y" in the serial number, or a "Y" inside a diamond, with either a
Nonprofit; any base 1979 or newer.

Minnesota

Undated passenger base circa 1959, blue on white, preferably with a 1959 tab, in better condition than
this one.

Ohio

Vanity plate with relatively few letters and/or numbers or a low-numbered plate on the current design
with a red triangle at the top and various slogans in the background of the main body of the plate.

Church bus plate, 1949 to 1956, 1958 to 1960, 1962 to 1964, 1966 in better condition than
this one, 1967, 1968 in better condition than
this one, 1969, 1973 in better condition than
this one. Also church bus plates on the
1803 Ohio Bicentennial 2003 base, on the "sunburst" base, on the
Beautiful Ohio base, and on the current slogans base.

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Years that are underlined and/or clickable are those for which I already have a plate, but want to
find one in better condition. Clicking the year will show you the one I've already got, so you can judge
whether yours is better than mine or not. If the year is underlined but not clickable, I don't have a photo
available of the plate in my collection.

Pennsylvania plates dated 1906 to 1923

Passenger car plates: (These have no words indicating the plate type, and do not have stars on them.)

Any 1906 or 1907.

1911 with flat edges only.

1915 with a blank area on the left side of the plate, and/or with a period after the state
abbreviation Penna.

Solid tire (truck) plates: 1914 or 1915; 1916. (These have one or more stars either stamped on a
metal band affixed to the plate, or stamped directly on the plate.)

Any with the words Commercial, Tractor, Tractor Dealer, or Trailer on the plate.

Dealer plates: Any from 1910-1915. Any with plate numbers beginning with
the letters "TX". Any that say Tractor Dealer.

Motorcycle plates: Any.

Pennsylvania plates dated 1924 to 1933

Note: 1924 to 1933 plates, with a few exceptions, provided no way to distinguish between plate
types other than the plate numbering format. It's fairly complicated to explain which format corresponded
to which plate type, so I'll mostly just try to describe the numbering formats I want.

Passenger car plates: (These have all-numeric plate numbers, or plate numbers starting with letters A to F
(1924-1929), or plate numbers with five or fewer characters with one letter or two adjacent letters
(1930-1933). There are some exceptions to all of this, however.)

Tractor plates: Any from 1934 to 1937. Any with the letters "TX" in the
plate number, regardless of year.

Truck plates: 1934 with numbering format xx000 in
better condition than this one;
any 1935-1937 with numbering format x00-00x;
any 1934-1957 with the letter Z as the second character in the plate number;
any 1956 stamped with 1957 serial dies in better condition than
this one.
any 1956 with a six-character plate number.

Small, motorcycle-sized plates:

Any with the letters "MB" on the side, regardless of plate number, dated 1934-1949.

Any with the letters "MB" or "MBL" on the side, with a plate number beginning with the letter X, regardless of
year.

Official Use plate with a light blue background, in better condition
than this one.

Press photographer plates, with the letters "PP" inside a keystone.

School Bus plate with a four-digit plate number, in better condition than
this one.

Suburban plates with the letter "Q" in plate number positions 3 or 4, or with the letter
"Q" in position 1 and another letter in position 3, or with fewer than six serial characters, or with the letters
"PP", or with ham radio call letters.

Tractor plates: Any with the letters "TX" in the plate number, regardless of
year.

Motorcycle and moped plates: Any with numbering format 0xx00. Any vanity
or handicapped plates. Any with the small letters or words "MCD", "MP", "MPD",
Antique MC or Veteran at the bottom. Any designed
to be mounted vertically.

Pennsylvania undated and/or non-standard plates from various years

(plate in actual use)

(plate in actual use)

Note: I'm much more interested in real license plates for all of these types, rather than
samples, souvenir plates, reproductions, or blanks.

Special interest plates with non-standard designs:

A yellow-on-blue We the People plate.

Fully graphic plates depicting a river otter or a train locomotive.

A black D.A.R.E. plate.

A Flagship Niagara graphic plate with the stacked letters "F/N" embossed on the
plate.

ATV Dealer plate, motorcycle-sized only.

Classic Car plate with a plate number starting with the letter "C".
(See example.)(plate in actual use)

White-on-blue Commercial plate with the "PA" before the numbers and a suffix
letter.

Any Collectible vehicle plate or Street Rod plate.

Government vehicle plates:

Any Emergency Vehicle or
Emergency Vehicles plate.

Full-sized Municipal plates: White-on-blue with the letters "MG" before the
numbers, with or without a suffix letter.
(See example.)(plate in actual use)

Official Use plates: Light blue background, in better condition than
this one.
Any with blue characters on a white background;
white-on-blue plates with either the letters "PA" after the numbers, or with the "PA" before
the numbers and a suffix letter.

White-on-blue State University plate.

White-on-red Temple University plate.

Military service plates: Any Combat Wounded Veteran,
Expeditionary Forces, Korean War Veteran, Medal of Honor, Pearl Harbor Survivor, Persian Gulf War Veteran,
Prisoner of War, Vietnam War Veteran, World War II Veteran.

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Graphic plate showing three crosses and the web address www.IBELIEVEsc.net.

Eagle Scout specialty plate.

South Dakota

1974 and 1975 passenger car plates.

Graphic passenger car plate with a 1977 sticker in better condition than
this one.

Tennessee

Booster plate with the legends America's First Frontier under the state name at the
top, 1776 Volunteer State 1976 along the bottom, a U.S. Bicentennial logo and state
flag stickers in the upper corners, and an apparent serial number consisting of the number 575,205 and two
letters, in better condition than this one.

Washington, D.C.

West Virginia

1976 graphic passenger car plate with yellow state map outlined in light blue; no year stickers ever attached,
first digit of the plate number is in the range of 1 through 7, in better condition than
this one. (The first digit indicates the expiration
month.)

Optional statehood anniversary graphic plate, which has the words
Wild & Wonderful for 150 Years! at the botttom.
See example.(plate in actual use)

Philippines

Have license plates you'd just like to just get rid of?

I love getting free license plates! Free ones don't have to be on my want list or in any
particular condition; I'll gladly take whatever you have. Obviously, totally free plates are the best, but I don't
mind paying shipping costs or traveling to pick up free plates, assuming of course that it's worthwhile to do so.
For example, it doesn't make sense for me to reimburse you for the $3 it might cost you to mail me a single plate, or to
burn a gallon of gas to pick up a single plate locally, if I don't need it for my own collection and it's only worth
$1. But send me an e-mail and let me know what you have and where you're
located, and I'll see if there's any way to make it work for both of us. I live and work in the greater Raleigh,
North Carolina area.

Want to trade license plates?

I'm always interested in working out a trade if possible. However, for it to be worthwhile for
both of us, you've got to find something in my trade box that you can use, and you also have to
have something that I want. I'm really not interested in trading to acquire plates that aren't on my want
list.

Have one or more plates you'd like to sell?

Mostly, I'm just interested in buying plates that are on my want list. However, my willingness
to buy will vary, depending on the condition and price of the plate, how much money I have in my license plate budget at
the time, and how high of a priority acquiring that particular plate is for me. Please realize that I have a
rather limited budget, and so I'm not necessarily able to actually buy some of the more valuable plates listed at this
time. Nor would I probably be able to buy large numbers of reasonably priced plates all at once. But if you
have something that's on my list that you're willing to part with, try me, I might just be interested.

Sometimes I will buy a group of plates that includes some plates I want and some that I don't. Very
occassionally, I might buy a group of plates that contains nothing I want for my collection. In such cases,
however, I'll only even considering buying them if I can get them for a very good price.

Please also read the Face-to-face transactions and Long-distance transactions sections below, as
applicable.

If you have plates that you would like me to help you sell, that's an entirely different conversation. In that
case, please send me an e-mail with specifics. Let me know the approximate
quantity, age, and condition of the plates, and what state(s) they may be mostly from; please also give me a general idea
where the plates are presently located.

Face-to-face transactions

I live and work in the greater Raleigh, North Carolina area. I also periodically drive to the
Baltimore, Maryland area, so if you're located anywhere reasonably between those two cities and aren't in a hurry, we
might be able to meet the next time I pass through. Or, if you're going to be at a license plate collectors' event
in the mid-Atlantic or southeastern U.S., I might also be planning to attend the same event.

Doing business in person offers some advantages if it's at all practical. If neither of us have to go too far
out of our way, one or both of us can save money by not having to pay for postage, PayPal fees, etc. There are no
worries of plates getting lost or damaged in the mail. I get to physically see the plates before we finalize the
deal, and you can either see the plates you're getting in trade, or get paid in cash. There's no risk of only one
of us holding up our end of the deal. For these reasons, I'm much more willing to buy from or trade with someone I
don't know if we can do it in person.

Long-distance transactions

I don't buy or trade long distance with just anyone. Frankly, I'm not going to just mail a
check to someone I've never heard of, and hope that they will send me the license plate they say they have.

In order for me to trade with you or buy from you via mail, you need to be someone I can implicitly trust.
Therefore, you need to be either someone I know personally, a fellow ALPCA member, someone otherwise well-known and
respected in the license plate collecting community, or an eBay seller with a nearly perfect feedback percentage.
If the only criteria you meet is that you're an eBay seller, then the transaction would need to be done through
eBay.

If you don't meet any of the critiera above, and you don't live in a place where we could arrange to meet, then it
still might not be out of the question. I do travel to other places besides Baltimore on occasion. Also, I
know people all over the U.S. and in a number of other countries. If you're reasonably close to one of them, I
might be able to have that person handle the transaction on my behalf.

If we're trading, and the trade is roughly balanced in terms of number of plates, then you pay to mail yours to me, and
I'll pay to mail mine to you. If the trade isn't balanced, then we'll need to work something else out with regard
to postage. If I'm buying from you, I'll pay actual postage plus a reasonable handling charge, if any, for plates I
buy. If at all possible, I prefer cheap and slow shipping over expensive and fast shipping. For postage
calcultion purposes, my zip code is 27527.

Contact me

If after reading all of this, you still think you've got a plate or a group of plates that I might
be interesed in, please contact me via e-mail and let me know what you have in
mind. Please clarify whether you're offering me free plates, want to sell plates to me, want my help in selling
your plates, or want to trade plates with me. If you want to sell me your plates, it would be very helpful if you
would indicate how much you're asking for them. For anything other than free plates, if you possibly can, please
attach to the e-mail a digital photo or two of the plates you'd like me to consider. In any case, please give me
a general idea of where you're located – your state, your metropolitan area, or whatever.